RFIC Engineer (Starshield Silicon)
SpaceX · Hawthorne, CA · Starshield Satellite Engineering
About this role
SpaceX is hiring a principal-level Hardware Engineer in the software engineering function based in Hawthorne, CA. The posting calls out experience with Frontend Development. Compensation is listed at $125,000–$145,000 per year.
- Role
- Hardware Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- principal
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Hawthorne, CA
- Department
- Starshield Satellite Engineering
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Job description
from SpaceX careersSpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.
RFIC DESIGN ENGINEER (STARSHIELD SILICON)
Starshield leverages SpaceX’s Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts. While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use, Starshield is designed for government use, with an initial focus on earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads. As a RFIC Design Engineer on the Starshield team, you will be working on advanced development programs in support of U.S. National Security. In this role, you will be developing cutting-edge next-generation RFICs for deployment in space and ground infrastructures around the globe. You will work in a highly collaborative and fast-paced environment, where we are exploring unsolved problems and applying the SpaceX mindset of iterating rapidly to go from design and demo to operational capability at lightning pace.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design, simulate and model RF/analog/mixed-signal circuits and systems
- Derive specifications for the RFIC subsystems and circuits
- Develop analog/mixed-signal/RF/microwave circuits in SiGe, GaAs, GaN, or CMOS processes
- Work with system architects, modem/DSP and ASIC engineers to partition functions between hardware and software domains